Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-03-20
MARTINS FERRY.

Mrs. James Fitt0n. of Bellaire, is in the
city. the guest Of her daughter, Mrs.
Stuart Wilson.
Misses Alma CheSSell and Katie Ralston
are the guests Of friends in the country.
Major Camp, the temperance evangelist
has, under tie auspices OF the churches
and independent temperance societies, in
augurated a series of meetings in this
place which will be continued indefinitely.
The Lafayette Hall has been secured, and
the meetings will be held there nightly
without interruption, not emitting a sin
Gle night. Mao: Camp. like sam Small,
is q reformed lawyer, and eN-newSpaper
man. His home i now in Canton, O., and
his time Is devoted entirely To the evangeli-
cal temperance cause. IN the stage on
Friday evening. he would not have been
taken to lie more han twenty-five years Of
are, and in appearance slightly resembles
Rev. Bruwnlee, of the /. +. church. 4
closer view, however, shows a %sprinkling
of gray in his hair, although his iOrty-tiye
years do not seem Ia have rested heavily
upon him. lie talks in a very pleasant
manner, iuterspcrSed in his remarks with
a few very pointed and sometimes laugha-
BILE expressions. His style is a little oil
the sam Jones order. though he does not
indulge in that gentleman wild gesture,
aud never becomes excited or violently
demonStratiyc. Ca the whole he is the
very pleasing mixture of wit. humOr, sa-
tire and pathOS, - agreeable with the
average American audience. The first
meeting was held on Friday night, and
though very poorly advertised. not less
than five hundred people were in attend
ance. The meeting was called to order BY
Mr.. Joel Wood. who explained that it was
the intentiOnIto conduct the exercises on a
strictly partisan basis, wholly IN the
interest OF Christianity and the accom-
plishment OF good. Rev. Walker then
read the fifth chapter of the epiStle Of st.
Paul to the Galatians. Rev. Johnson
offered a iervent prayer, after which hymn
No, d vas sung BY the congregation.
Rev. Walker then introduced Brother
Camp. Mr.. Camp opened his remarks
with a humorous allusiOn tn Cincinnati as
a great blotch ON the fair State of Ohio.
and told OF the expression, only two
roads, one road to Heaven and the
other To Cincinnati We will only
quote a few of the most interesting and
pointed expressions. Said he, among
other things: Il am here in the interest of
Christ, love and law Drinking is
wrong in principle and practice, and DIS
astTOus in its results 1T Is becoming
stylish TO tie blue ribbon on the door-knob
instead of keeping the punch bowl in the
hallway a heightened man in religion
=. ,.-.~s,ll-
man in Christianity II know of 1850
successful moderate drinkers They are
in the Ohio penitentiary, and have sue
ceeded ~ well in governing their appetites
that they are for the present total abstain
erx." Il am not only hig, but am nine
tenths bark true" What the Christians
want is sand: a locomotive is oC no account
on a grade or on a slippery place without
a sand box" Some peoples faith is like
a little girls doll-it don't eat, drink or
wink its eyes, and is only q plaything to
he exhibited under ausPiciOuS circum-
stances "Hou can't run a steam engine I
with it; Christians, let's fire up: 90 to God
and coal up every day; there are too many
of u burning slack, and very mean slack
at that" There are women who look
over four tons Of dry goods to buy a piece
of ribbon, but pay no attention to where
their sons spend their time, or how their
neighbors live "A red nose il lot
a good recommendation. and the road
to success is not through the bunghole.
THE man who asks Am | my brothers
has a soul whose measurement
must be computed in decimal fractions. "
"A woman is like IN ACCORDION, you can
draw her out all right, but you can't shut